The first place that creatives should look for sales when getting started or when thing slow down is their existing network.
Your friends, coworkers, past employers and acquaintances can all be great sources of freelance projects and quick wins.
But if you don't handle these project properly, it is easy to ruin a once great friendship.
My goal with this blog post is to teach you how to work with friends and acquaintances and keep those relationships strong throughout the process.
Read MoreOne of the biggest problems for creatives is figuring out how much do I charge?
In this post I am going to break down the traditional guidance about pricing and teach you a non-conventional pricing strategy that will rock your bank account.
Read MoreA few months ago I adopted a new proposal system and I have been astonished by the results.
I am closing twice as many clients and at higher budgets than ever before.
In this post I outlined the proposal process in it's entiretey and also include an example proposal for reference
Read MoreFor many creatives, sales can feel sleazy.
For others, they simply don't know what to do and botch every potential sale they come across.
In this post, I am going to cover a sales technique that is extremely easy to learn and that will help you turn sales from something intimidating, to something fun.
Read MoreMany people get completely overwhelmed when they try to learn online marketing.
The truth is, online marketing for freelancers is extremely simple.
In this post, I am going to teach you a simple online marketing strategy that will generate an endless supply of new leads.
Read MoreIn the first seven months of my freelance career, I managed to close $12,030 of business from a few batches of cold e-mails.
In my past creative ventures, I have landed deals with Fortune 500 clients that have stemmed from cold e-mails.
My goal with this post is to share with you the methods and tactics behind how to actually land clients through cold e-mailing.
Read MoreMany creatives who are getting started in their freelance careers run into the same problem.
They struggle to get those first few clients.
My goal with this post is to teach you a few ways that you can land your early clients and motivate you to stick with it.
Read MoreOne of the most powerful way to increase your chances of turning prospects into customers is to create convincing case studies.
Yet many creatives don't ever create case studies, and often those that do approach them the wrong way.
The goal with this blog post is to explain the proper way to create case studies that will convert prospects into customers.
Read MoreOver the past six months I have several huge mistakes with the marketing, niching and positioning of my consulting practice.
While I made these mistakes early on, recently I struck gold.
My goal with this post is to share three massive mistakes I made in the past six months while launching my consulting practice in hopes that you won’t make the same.
Read MoreEven if you don’t have a company, everyone is a marketer. You are at minimum, a marketer of themselves.
My goal with this post is to explain the importance of marketing and help redefine it in your mind.
Read MoreThis is a message for every entrepreneur.
These are words of caution that must be read
This message has lived deep down inside me for far too long and has been aching to get out.
Read MoreRight now, I am living and working remotely in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The goal of this post is to explain to you how I designed my life to work remotely, and to inspire you to do the same.
Read MoreAfter spending four years at a University, I have found myself constantly surrounded by many intelligent, passionate individuals with entrepreneurial spirit running through their veins. While I see so much spirit in students, I don’t see nearly enough of them acting on it. Below is a list of six reasons why college is the perfect time to start the business of your dreams.
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